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The Man who fell to Earth

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11th January 2016. Is a sad day, a day when this world lost a true Legend one of the greats! One of my personal heroes passed away - The Man who fell to Earth has left this planet. R.I.P David Bowie.... So this blog is totally dedicated to the Original Chameleon - taking a look at his looks and personas over the decades. Born David Robert Jones on the 8th of January 1947, in Brixton South London, his interest in music started very early, though the 1960s if a few bands were formed but any attempts to musical success were falling flat. Space Oddity, the now iconic Bowie song reached number 5 in the Uk charts in July 1969 - England had a new star twinkling star... and the first Bowie persona,  Major Tom - An Astronaut that has lost contact with Earth - he will be revisited in the 80s track 'Ashes to Ashes ' The couple of years that followed saw months of experimentation. The album the Man that sold the world (covered later by Nirvana) was released - there was a c